Chapter 8

"Rus!" Brennan called as she walked over to the waiting room with Booth. She looked around seeing Max still in his seat next to Rus, both looking up as she walked towards them. Rus stood quickly and hugged her tight. "What happened?" She asked as she pulled back to look at her worried brother's face.

"Her work called me. They said she was in the teacher's lounge and just collapsed, her pulse dropped and the doctor said that when the paramedics got there her blood pressure was low and she wasn't responding. That's… that's all they told me…." He said as tears started gathering in his eyes and the two siblings hugged tight again as Max walked over to talk with Booth.

"So you still don't know much?" Booth asked Max as they walked away from the brother and sister slightly.

"No, they just told us they have her stable but just barely and they are working on finding out what's going on." Booth saw the sibling pull apart talking before Rus turned to get his jacket that was lying on the chair.

"Rus, you need to stay." They heard Brennan say making them walk over.

"Where you going?" Max asked his son

"The girls are getting out of school in fifteen minutes. I have to pick them up." He paused looking down. "What am I going to tell them?"

"Rus stay here. Booth and I will get them." Brennan said.

"She's right Rus. You should be here when they get everything worked out." Max agreed as Brennan walked closer to Booth.

"Bones stay here." He said softly making her look at him confused. "He needs you here with him. I'll get the girls."

"Booth the school isn't going to let you get them. They can only be picked up by a family member." Brennan told him.

"I'll go with him. They know I'm their grandfather, so no problems." Max said after he finally got Rus to sit back down. Max walked back over to Rus and Booth looked back to Brennan.

"I'll call Rebecca and see if I can get Parker. Take all the kids to my place and let them play there. Call me when they find out what's going on." Brennan nodded and glanced at her brother. "Take care of your brother, I'll take care of the girls." He said kissing her cheek.

"Thank you Booth." She said softly.

"Don't worry. She'll be fine, Bones." He said as she looked from her brother to him worriedly. "I know, I know. I can't know that. I can feel it in my gut. Besides, she has Rus and her two girls and the rest of us waiting for her. She'll be fine." She gave him a small smile. "Just sit and take care of him. I'll let you know when I have the girls at my place." He ducked his head giving her a loving kiss before he and Max walked back over.

"You ready?" He asked Booth.

"Yeah." Booth nodded to Max before looking back at Brennan. "Call me if you need anything." Brennan nodded before he turned to leave with Max as she pulled her jacket off and sat next to Rus.

"We'll be okay." Brennan said softly as she put her hand on her brother's arm.

"How do you know? Tempe they haven't told me anything since I got here an hour ago. That's not a good thing."

"Rus, sometimes not having any updates means that they are still working. Besides, Booth said his gut feeling is that she will be alright, and in my experience with Booth and his gut, h is never wrong when he gets his gut feelings." She smiled as he chuckled shaking his head.

"Tempe…" Rus shook his head before he looked at her with a small smile seeing her confusion. "How are you feeling? Dad said you had a little episode a few days ago." Brennan nodded as she rubbed her swollen belly.

"I'm fine. I had false labor pains the night Booth came back from talking with someone on Pennsylvania. I also had more yesterday. Booth was worried and made me go to the hospital to make sure the pains were only false labor. He can be so overprotective." She said as she leaned back in the chair as Rus smiled.

"He loves you." He said making her smile.

"Yes. He and I have discussed that." She glanced at her belly as she rubbed gentle, soothing circles over it. "He just wants to make sure I am fine. That the baby and I are fine." Rus smiled and placed his hand over her belly.

"Did you finally find out what it is?"

"Yes, we are having a girl." She saw Rus smile brightly.

"How have you been feeling? Other than the pains."

"I have become more and more uncomfortable over the last few weeks. The doctor said that I can go into labor any day."

"And you're still working?"

"Yes, there is no reason for me to sit around Booth's apartment waiting for the labor to begin while others try to solve these cases."

"You at least taking it easy?" He asked with a knowing smirk as Brennan smiled.

"Yes, Booth won't let me do more than I have to. Some days he won't even let me work in the bone room. It seems she will take after him more than I would like." She smiled rubbing again. "She does not like when I work on my feet more than a couple hours at a time. And I need at least an hour and a half before I can go back to working or she will kick until I sit."

"Strong kicks?"

"When she gets upset with me working or going a minute past meal time she can be very violent."

"Sounds like she's going to have an attitude." He smiled. The doors opened to the emergency room making Rus jump to his feet as Brennan push herself to her feet as the doctor walked over.

"I'm Dr. Reyes are you Amy Brennan's family?" The tall man with blond hair and clear blue eyes said looking at them.

"Yes, I'm her husband. Is she okay?" Rus said quickly as the doctor's eyes glanced at Brennan.

"Your wife has lost a lot of blood-"

"What? What happened? How- how did she?" Rus was beginning to lose his control. Brennan put her hand on his arm calming him slightly.

"I'm her sister-in-law. Just tell us what happened to make her pass out." She said

"It was a miscarriage that caused massive bleeding." He said as Brennan looked at Rus who was starting to lose the ability to stand. "We have finally gotten the bleeding under control and she is getting prepped to be moved into a room."

"Rus, perhaps you should sit down." Brennan said helping her brother to a chair. "When will we be able to see her?"

"Once she is moved into her room. Are you going to be alright, Mr. Brennan?" He asked as Rus just sat looking at nothing in particular, shocked. "Is there someone you can call to help? This is a hard situation…." The doctor trailed off looking at Brennan.

"Our father and my boyfriend just went to get my two nieces; they will help if I have a need. I think he'll be alright once he is able to see her."

"Well even so, I think it would be a good idea to have a large support group. Something like this hits family hard usually." Brennan walked closer to the doctor leaving Rus alone in his seat. "You said they have two girls?"

"Yes, they are Amy's from a previous relationship."

"I would suggest keeping them away for a few days. Losing a child can be very traumatic, and seeing children, even their own can cause panic attacks. That would also include pregnant women."

"I'll stay with my brother and I will leave the decision to him and his wife." The doctor nodded. Brennan's phone beeped making her go to her jacket and pulling her phone from the pocket.

'Picking Parker up now.' She read before closing the phone and looking back at the doctor.

"She is stable and doing well now right?" She asked

"Yes. We stopped the bleeding, and are giving her blood to replenish what she lost until she is alert enough to replenish it herself. We'll keep her hear until all of her levels are in normal range, she is going to be very lethargic until her blood pressure raises back up."

"Thank you." She said as the doctor nodded and walked away. Brennan looked at Rus still sitting in shock. "Rus, I need to call Booth. I'll be right back." She said not sure, if he even heard her but decided to walk to the waiting room door dialing Booth's number.

"Booth." She heard after four rings.

"Booth, the doctor came out."

"What's going on?"

"Parker, why don't you show the girls your new video game?" Brennan heard Rebecca say in the background.

"He said that the reason she collapsed was because she lost too much blood from a miscarriage."

"A miscarriage?" Booth asked confused.

"Is Temperance alright?" Rebecca asked concerned, Brennan could hear Max begin to explain what was going on.

"You didn't tell Rebecca?"

"We just got here, when you called. So she was pregnant? How far?"

"The doctor didn't say. All he said was that there was immense hemorrhaging causing syncope and-"

"Bones, be like normal people and talk English." Brennan heard Rebecca scolding him as Max chuckled in the background.

"To put it as simply as possible, there was a lot of bleeding making her pass out."

"Rus with her now?"

"No, they said we need to wait until they have her moved into a room. The doctor suggested that Emma and Haley stay away from Rus and Amy for a little while. He also suggested that I stay away from them for a while."

"When Amy finds out it might be a good idea."

"But why? It's not like I will do anything."

"it's not that' you'll do anything. It's the fact that she just lost her baby. You show up to see her pregnant, it's going to hit her." He heard her about to argue. "Just trust me, the baby is the last thing she needs to see right now. How is your brother?"

"He's just sitting in the chair, unresponsive."

"Well finding out that your wife had a miscarriage will do that. Listen, Bones, I'll get the kids and drop your dad off with Rus-"

"I'll take the kids, Seeley." Rebecca said in the background and Brennan could hear Booth shift the phone.

"It's fine Rebecca."

"No leave the girls here and you two go to the hospital. I couldn't imagine what her brother and his wife are going through right now and they are going to need all the support they can get."

"You sure?"

"Yes."

"Alright Bones, Max and me will be there in a bit." Booth said as he shifted the phone back. He heard Brennan gasp quickly. "Bones? You okay?" He asked.

"Yes, it seems the baby is upset for some reason." She said after a minute and gasping again.

"You sure?" He asked this time she could hear the worry creeping into his voice.

"Yes. She is just kicking very hard into my diaphragm."

"Go sit down with Rus until we get there." She heard Max and Rebecca's voices moving away. "Tell our little princess to stop it." Brennan smiled as she heard Max laugh coming closer. "We'll see you in a bit."

"Right." She hung up and walked back over to Rus who was now sitting with his head in his hands. "Rus…"

"I… she was…." He trial off as Brennan reached out rubbing his back gently as he let a few tears slip down his cheeks.

"Rus, I... I really want to say the right thing right now but I don't know what to say. I'm sorry you are in such pain." She said softly as he shook his head. The siblings sat for twenty minutes in silence before Brennan broke it. "Dad and Booth are on their way back here. Booth's ex-girlfriend, Parker's mother is watching the girls for now."

"She doesn't have to, I can-"

"Rus, Rebecca has met them a few times when they were over and she was dropping Parker off for his weekend with Booth. She knows how close they have become with Parker. He thinks of them as his cousins and loves being around them. I heard her telling Booth she would watch them. She wanted to."

"I… I just…" Brennan looked up seeing Booth and Max walk in.

"Rus don't worry about Haley and Emma for now. They're being taken care of, so you take care of Amy."

"Rebecca is watching them for the night. We're going to pick up some clothes and drop them off later. Tomorrow Bones and me will pick them up and watch them." Booth said as Rus looked up at him.

"I can't ask that. You two have work and Tempe… you can't…" He trailed off as she just gave a determined look.

"Rus don't worry about Booth and I." Brennan looked up at Booth who was watching her.

"Look Rus, Bones and me can take care of them for as long as you need."

"The girls, their last day is tomorrow. You're still working, I can't ask you to take them."

"Then don't ask. Between me and Bones we can take care of them while they're out of school. Parker's out the beginning of next week. The only thing you have to worry about is taking care of your wife; the girls will be fine with me and Bones."

"What about if they ask where we are? They'll worry if they find out about Amy being here –"

"Rus just trust your Sister and Booth on this." Max said with a small smile. "Besides, I'm always around if they need help with the girls."

"Mr. Brennan." They heard making them all look at Dr. Reyes as he walked closer to them Rus jumped to his feet and Booth helped Brennan back to her feet as she placed one hand on her upper belly taking a quick breath.

"Baby?" Booth asked as Brennan nodded and watched him put his hand by her own with a smirk. They turned and walked over to where the Doctor was standing.

"We have moved her to a room and she is still sleeping. She'll be sleeping and very lethargic for a while, until we can get all of her levels back in order. She is doing much better, but we still need to keep an eye on her." He explained.

"Can he see her now?" Brennan asked for Rus who could only stand in front of the doctor.

"Yes. The nurse inside those doors will take you to her room." Rus nodded and started walking as the Doctor turned to look at Brennan. "The nurses had told her about the miscarriage before she was moved. From what I'm told she didn't take it well at all, so I am advising that your nieces and you do not visit for a little while."

"We've already made arrangements for the girls." Booth nodded. "If something happens you can get a hold of us here." Booth said handing the doctor his card.

"FBI?"

"Yeah, if you need to get a hold of someone, you can get a hold of me and Temperance there."

"I'm Max Brennan. Rus and Tempe's father. They'll just get a hold of me, so if anything happens please call." Max said introducing himself as Brennan gave another gasp making all three men look at her as she let out a slow breath.

"You okay, Bones?" Brennan gave a nod as Booth put his hand on her belly once again feeling another kick.

"Tempe, what's wrong?" Max asked moving around to her other side.

"The little princess doesn't want momma to be up right now." Booth smirked.

"Only because she's stubborn like her father." Brennan said letting out another slow breath. "I'm alright now." She said looking up at Booth.

"Are you sure it is kicking you are feeling?" The doctor asked.

"Yes, I know the difference between a kick and pains." Brennan said wondering why the doctor would ask a question like that.

"She needs to get home and lay down, that's all, the baby has schedules for her." Booth said as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Call us if anyone needs anything." The doctor nodded. "Max, you need a ride?"

"No, I'll grab a taxi. I'll talk to you later Sweetheart." Max hugged Brennan and kissed her cheek. "Take her home and make sure both of you get some sleep." He smiled as he left. The doctor left to tend to his patients leaving Booth and Brennan. Booth turned to face her more with a small smile.

"Well I guess that means it's time to go get you and our princess some sleep." Booth smiled as Brennan shook her head at him.

"You know there is no reason to call her a princess since she is not of any noble blood, besides the fact that we do not have royalty here."

"But she is a princess, just like you're a queen." He watched as a small smile began to spread.

"You are referring to our case when we had the discussion that if we were in a beehive I would be the queen and you would be the-"

"Let's just get something to eat and then get some sleep. We have some work to do tomorrow." Booth said cutting her off.

"We need to stop by your office and get the list of agents who have transferred through the agency." Brennan said as Booth shook his head grabbing her jacket from the chair, helped her slide into it and then leading her gently from the waiting room. Once in the car Brennan looked at Booth as he closed his door and put the key in the ignition. "Booth?"

"Yeah." He looked at her.

"Do you think Rus and Amy will be alright after this?" She saw him drop his hand from the key to his lap. "I am not used to situations like this but I believe that if something were to happen such as this situation I… I don't know if I would be able to compartmentalize." Booth reached out grabbing her hand.

"They'll work through it together. It is going to be really heard especially seeing your nieces running around and when our baby is born, it is going to hit hard. They are going to have to stick together and they'll be okay. They'll push through and they have you and Max and me to help "

"You really think that?"

"Yeah, and you're right. If that did happen to us… I know I wouldn't be able to deal with it."

"That's why you have me. That's what you've told me for all the years we've worked together anyway." Booth smiled.

"Yeah, Bones. I've got you, just like you have me when things happen." She gave him a small smile. "Just remember that, Bones." He leaned closer giving her a kiss letting his left hand settle on her jaw as she moved her right hand to the back of his head as she intensified the kiss. They pulled apart looking into each other's eyes.

"We should get that paper and see if we can figure anything out." She saw him smirk before he turned turning the car on, putting it in gear and they were off